Image copyright EPA Some flights to and from the UK are facing delays and cancellations due to problems affecting French airspace. British Airways said an air traffic control “outage” had hit flights going through French and Spanish airspace. EasyJet said it was experiencing disruption due to a “partial failure of French air traffic control systems”. […]
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Drivers solemnly observed a minute’s silence on Sunday in memory of French driver Anthoine Hubert, who died Saturday after a heavy crash during a Formula Two race at the Belgian Grand Prix. Hubert’s mother and brother held his racing helmet in their hands as teams and drivers stood alongside them with heads bowed in the
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Cabinet minster Michael Gove has refused to guarantee that the government will abide with a law requiring a further delay to the Brexit process. It comes after shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said MPs who want to stop a no-deal Brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. Speaking to the
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Canada came to the World Cup expecting that its group would be extremely challenging, and Australia proved that to be correct. Matthew Dellavedova scored 24 points, and the Australians opened the fourth quarter on a huge run to pull away and beat Canada 108-92 on Sunday in a Group H opener at Dongguan, China. “Good
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Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer said that the purpose of a new law he is attempting to introduce, is to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a Brexit deal. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Mr Starmer said: “We have simply got to stop us leaving without a deal.” Cabinet minister Michael Gove
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People have been queuing across the Indian state of Assam to check if their name is on the National Register of Citizens. India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of their citizenship. Families have been required to provide documentation to show their
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As he wrapped up a brunch shift at the Australian cafe Two Hands in the Little Italy section of Manhattan, Christopher Mortenson saw his phone light up. All afternoon, he had been waiting for the notification: ABC Cocina, an upscale Latin American restaurant in the Flatiron district, needed a line cook. He had an hour
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Poland made history in its opening game of the basketball World Cup in China, winning at the tournament for the first time in 52 years. Beating Venezuela might have been just for starters. Next comes China on Monday in the second game for two countries trying to break through. China won its opener against Ivory
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And Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota talks openly about the double-bind of being a woman in politics. “You also have to show you can do tough jobs and then people say you’re too tough. Like you can’t win, right? But you, again, have to just deal with that,” she said, in a May interview with
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Riot police have clashed with suspected protesters in Hong Kong’s metro system after thousands marched in defiance of a ban. Protesters lit fires, threw petrol bombs and attacked the parliament building. In response, police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse crowds, and fired live warning shots as they tried to clear
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